A teenager who ruffled the feathers of Elon Musk by tracking every undivided escape he made has now set his sight on Russian oligarch , create a novel Twitter story that allows real - time trailing of every trajectory the richest Russian billionaire take . If his encounters with Musk are anything to go by , this teen will not bow easily to pressure , even when bid substantial amounts of money .
The report , calledRussian Oligarch Jets , is go by 19 - year - old Jack Sweeney and apply in public useable flight tracking data fromADS - B Exchangeto notify followers whenever the oligarchs are on the move .
Likely feeling the sting of westerly authorisation that have seized many of their plus , blocked Russian occupation from external trading , and prevented foreign coin bank from lend money to many Russian entities , the oligarchs have been on the move in jets and helicopters across the world despite many nation ’ airspace being block to them .
Much of this movement is probably to keep the capture of expensive assets , including jets and yacht . The US is now " hunt " oligarch assets as part of the many authorisation it has imposed on Russia , even going as far as to create a taskforce to supervise the gaining control of valuable assets .
Current oligarch under surveillance include Vladimir Potanin , Norilsk Nikel , Roman Abramovich and seven others , all of which make up some of the productive Russian business executives alive . The tracker has already spot Alexander Abromov ’s jet-propelled plane moving from London back to Moscow , and Abramovich ’s spurt moving back to Moscow alongside .
Sweeney also go anotheraccountdedicated solely to Putin and any VIP jet-propelled plane that Putin may apply , though heexplainsthat it may not be incisively precise as ADS - B coverage is not always ideal in Russia .
It is unknown if the oligarch live about the account , or if they care – after all , the data is public , Sweeney ’s accounts just make it easier for everyone to see .
That said , premature recipient of Sweeney ’s scrutiny did not take to it kindly . Sweeney also prevail an score calledElon Musk ’s Jet , which track the world ’s rich man ’s special K as it travels around the satellite . start in June 2020 , it once again used public data point to expose the effort of Musk , but the billionaire reach out to Sweeney andoffered $ 5,000 to stop the trailing , abduce it was a " surety risk " . Sweeney responded that he would stop doing it , but only if Musk propose $ 50,000 instead .
Clearly it was n’t $ 50,000 Charles Frederick Worth of certificate risk , however , as the account is still posting regular updates .
